The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

some constraints, but I also knew that the old entrance into the old location, it felt like you were walking into the front door of a suburban, rambler-style home. View Details

15 Jun 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty by Jeff Madrick (MBA 1971) Knopf By official count, more than one in six American children live below the poverty... View Details

02 Dec 2018
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An Emphasis on Teamwork

great to see how that learning approach has taken off now in the required curriculum,” comments Krebs, who sees HBX, the School’s online learning platform, as a successful... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Second Acts

Meakem now seeks out young, local companies that can benefit from his investment and advice. “I get such a thrill to find a great company with loads of potential,” Meakem told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review... View Details

Keywords: e-commerce; B2B; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2017
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Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs

Reunion established a fund to support the Harvard i-lab, the Harvard Launch Lab, and other HBS programs specifically fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Martignetti believes his ties to both Harvard... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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One-on-One with Carter Roberts

whole organization around it because we know that ultimately we will fail if we don’t. We also see great opportunity. When I meet with CEOs of different businesses, they all see the environment and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

That was a great moment. Morrell: Nicole was no stranger to the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship when she launched Energicity in 2015. Until its IPO, she had been a part of US-based OPower, a... View Details

03 Dec 2019
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Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring

“The students run the entire graduation ceremony. They design, plan, and present,” she says. “They are super proud. It’s been great to have this opportunity to play a role in that transformation.” Such... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Apr 2016
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Tipping His Cap to Open Source

model isn’t about gouging IP but adding value around it,” Whitehurst told The Business Times of Singapore. “It seemed [in 2008] like being a great way to be part of painting a new canvas.” Whitehurst sees... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

employees. During the Great Depression, Levi Strauss workers were kept on the payroll refurbishing their factory until business picked up. In 1982, when current CEO Bob Haas... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

19 Feb 2021
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A Playbook for Progress

your book, examining the experiences of more than 4,000 women across four races and generations, what did the data conclude around the way forward? Jacqui: Our findings seem to... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Doctoral Alumni Take Stage

presentations, panel discussions, and dinner at the Spangler Center. “The idea behind YARD is to create a community of HBS scholars, from doctoral students, recent graduates, and HBS faculty,” says Dianne Le, associate director of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Dec 2015
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Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality

restore the Blasket Islands in West Kerry, and that project has been going for 25 years. It’s a nonprofit conservation project; we’ve done great work on that and I think the... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together

Tool Kit program. Conference organizer Brian Carlton Byrd (MBA '92) pronounced the conference a great success. "It was extremely valuable for the entrepreneurs, who got a... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform

lot better than the alternative. We would have had a disaster on the order of the Great Depression.” Paulson proposed two key reforms. View Details

Keywords: federal bailouts; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

22 Nov 2022
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Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

European Alumni Summit in Berlin. “HBS used to host the Global Leadership Conference that took place every two to four years,” says Sami Busch (MBA 2004), president of the HBSA of Germany. “It was in a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2007
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Steve Schwarzman

equity is a very good business to be in. I think finance generally provides an enormous number of opportunities for young people. It’s a business that highly rewards and appreciates very smart, very analytic, very driven, and highly articulate people. In finance, View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details